Yeah, I agree with your sentiment, DA. I think it's semantics. I've always defined snarky comments as those that are disrespectfully sarcastic, or snide. There's really no call for that, IMO. A healthy dose of sarcasm, I can stomach (with alacrity), blatant disrespect is something else, and I don't tolerate it well, regardless of it's point of origin. I know, I know, 99%+ of the time, the list moves along nice and smooth, which is no mean feat considering the array of experiences, attitudes and backgrounds present. I don't often take offense. It's just that lately it has seemed a bit too heavy on the disrespect, rather than simply getting soused in our silly sovereign, his highness, Sir Sarcasm. And if memory serves, this guy I know always likes to say that we're actually striving for perfection, and accepting excellence, right, sir D? big ;-} to you. Hope your training for "the games" is progressing nicely. William R. Monroe On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 2:29 PM, David Andersen < david at davidandersenpianos.com> wrote: > OK. Let me clarify. Snarkiness, or sarcasm, or judgement, WILL happen, > which is what Jason is saying. WHEN it happens---inevitably---everybody > learns; it's a gut/reality/community check. My pal Will simply has less > fast-twitch emotional response than a lot of us...and a tremendous amount of > hard-won clarity and wisdom. We would never see it in all its glory without > the occasional snarkified exchange here. We're going for excellence here, > Mr. Monroe, not perfection. Perfection kills. Let it roll. > DA > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100212/b3023b11/attachment.htm>
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